剧情：Theelusivefirstfilmaboutthat“new”diseaseofthe80s,AIDS. Quote: Gay-porn-director-turned-indie-film-makerArthurBressan(whoalsomadeABUSE)dealsdirectlywiththesubjectofthediseasebyhavingDavid,ayoungtypesetter(DavidSchachter)undertakevolunteerworkasa‘buddy’tovisitAIDSpatientsinaNewYorkhospital.HisassignmentisRobert(GeoffEdholm),w... (展开全部) Theelusivefirstfilmaboutthat“new”diseaseofthe80s,AIDS. Quote: Gay-porn-director-turned-indie-film-makerArthurBressan(whoalsomadeABUSE)dealsdirectlywiththesubjectofthediseasebyhavingDavid,ayoungtypesetter(DavidSchachter)undertakevolunteerworkasa‘buddy’tovisitAIDSpatientsinaNewYorkhospital.HisassignmentisRobert(GeoffEdholm),w... Theelusivefirstfilmaboutthat“new”diseaseofthe80s,AIDS. Quote: Gay-porn-director-turned-indie-film-makerArthurBressan(whoalsomadeABUSE)dealsdirectlywiththesubjectofthediseasebyhavingDavid,ayoungtypesetter(DavidSchachter)undertakevolunteerworkasa‘buddy’tovisitAIDSpatientsinaNewYorkhospital.HisassignmentisRobert(GeoffEdholm),who’sdownandnearlyoutforthecount,butstillpassionateaboutthepoliticsbehindthedisease.AlthoughDavidiscurrentlyprocessingabookabouttheillnessfromallpointsofview–medical,religious,etc–hefindsthere’smoretolearnfirst-handaboutattitude.? Bressankeepstheviewpointexclusivelyonthetwobuddiesandmakestheunusualchoicetoblockoutallotheractorsinthemovie–ittookmeawhiletorealisethatwewereonlyhearingpeople’svoices(onthephone,intheadjacentroom,ontaperecorders)ornotseeingwhotheywere(filmedfromtheback,behindshowercurtains,outoffocus,etc).Notunexpectedlyforanindiefilmit’slow-keyandlow-budget,withanerraticlevelofperformance,butnice-lookingandwithasuitablysimplescoreforstringquartet.Asapieceofcinema,it’sofinterestprimarilyforhistoricalreasons,butsurveyorsoftheNYIndiesceneorthosewithaninterestinalternativecinemamaywanttocheckitout,too.